Five-year records of mercury wet deposition flux at GMOS sites in the Northern and Southern hemispheres
The atmospheric deposition of mercury (Hg) occurs via several mechanisms, including dry and wet scavenging by precipitation events. In an effort to understand the atmospheric cycling and seasonal depositional characteristics of Hg, wet deposition samples were collected for approximately 5 years at 17 selected GMOS monitoring sites located in the Northern and Southern hemispheres in the frameworkof the Global Mercury Observation System (GMOS) project. Total mercury (THg) exhibited annual and seasonal patterns in Hg wet deposition samples. Interannual differences in total wet deposition are mostly linked with precipitation volume, with the greatest deposition flux occurring in the wettest years. This data set provides a new insight into baseline concentrations of THg concentrations in precipitation
worldwide, particularly in regions such as the Southern Hemisphere and tropical areas where wet deposition as well as atmospheric Hg species were not investigated before, opening the way for future and additional simultaneous measurements across the GMOS network as well as new findings in future modeling studies.
SPROVIERI Francesca;
PIRRONE N.;
BENCARDINO Mariantonia;
D’AMORE Francesco;
ANGOT Helene;
BARBANTE C.;
BRUNKE Ernst-Günther;
ARCEGA-CABRERA Flor;
CAIRNS Warren;
COMERO Sara;
DEL CARMEN DIÉGUEZ María;
DOMMERGUE Aurelien;
EBINGHAUS Ralf;
FENG Xin Bin;
FU Xuewu;
GARCIA Patricia Elizabeth;
GAWLIK Bernd;
HAGESTRÖM Ulla;
HANSSON Katarina;
HORVAT Milena;
KOTNIK Jože;
LABUSCHAGNE Casper;
MAGAND Olivier;
MARTIN Lynwill;
MASHYANOV Nikolay;
MKOLOLO Thumeka;
MUNTHE John;
OBOLKIN Vladimir;
RAMIREZ ISLAS Martha;
SENA Fabrizio;
SOMERSET Vernon;
SPANDOW Pia;
VARDÈ Massimiliano;
WALTERS Chavon;
WÄNGBERG Ingvar;
WEIGELT Andreas;
YANG Xu;
ZHANG Hui;
2018-01-05
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
JRC105998
1680-7316,
https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/2689/2017/,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC105998,
10.5194/acp-17-2689-2017,
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